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Ruth Bader Ginsburg pours cold water on #MeToo fears.

In recent years, the 84 -year-old Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has become a culture icon and a source of inspiration — not to mention hilarious “SNL” sketches. When she took on sexism in a dialogue with CNN on Feb. 11, at Columbia University, her spirited commentaries generated no deficit of laughs and cheers.

Despite growing concerns that the movementhas overstayed its greet, Ginsburg said she isn’t worried about the longevity of #MeToo, which has swept across the power corridors of Hollywood, the publishing industry, and American politics.

“Yes, there will always be adjustments when there is a transition, but on the whole, it’s amazing to me that for the first time females are truly listened to because sexual harassment was oftens dismissed as ‘well, she made it up’ or ‘she’s too thin-skinned, ‘” she added.

“I don’t think that there will be a serious backlash; it’s too widespread, ” she said .

Justice Ginsburg at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival in January. Photo by Robin Marchant/ Getty Images.

Ultimately, Ginsburg said she believes #MeToo is too big to fail and will last for generations.

She isn’t naive about the challenges ahead for women, and men, in adapting to new cultural norms — and she believes said played a significant role in the 2016 election and continues to rear its head across our cultural organizations.

“My hope is that Congress will think about people — where the United States population now is, and I am putting my religion in the millennials.”

Ginsburg speaks with the authority of someone who has spent nearly 25 years serving on the nation’s highest court. To say she opts her public statements carefully is an understatement. So when she says we’ve already come too far for the tide of progress to be stopped, there’s reason to be hopeful and to stay motivated.